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Thursday, July 18, 2013

California...So Far

If I waited to do an update upon returning, I know the post would be novel-length and photo-heavy. So instead, I'm popping in after a very full day to update you all on the beginning of our trip!

We're staying with my brother-in-law, Scott, while we're here. While he was at work on Wednesday, Matt and I stopped in a park to get a run in. This was supposed to be a 5-miler for me, but these Florida legs are not accustomed to hills of any kind!

Cresting one of many hills...It was way steeper than it looks!

We called the run after three miles at a pretty pathetically slow pace. I would have been disappointed, but today I was able to do the five miles as planned, so I redeemed myself.

I took a short break to climb a tree and chase a squirrel.

After the run, we went to Venice Beach and Santa Monica Pier and walked around. There's a ton to see! I love that the beaches have areas filled with vertical ropes and parallel bars - Californians seem to really love working out on the beach.

10 comments:

Welcome to my state! Of course, the state is incredibly long, so you are about 12 hours away from me. Still, I have been to all of those places several times, so the pictures feel really familiar. What's funny, is Southern California runs are super flat and fast for me. I love them. Enjoy the rest of your trip!

Funny story; we were going to go to San Fran but realized we were "6" hours away (probably meaning 8 because of traffic)! I can't believe how far everything is here! 3 miles takes like 20 minutes to drive!

I want to go to CA so bad!! I went to LA with a girlfriend right before I got engaged and was 100% that girl searching for famous people in Starbucks... we did see Lance Bass in the grocery store. Anyway, i want to go back and these pictures need to be shown to Justin to convince him! Keep having fun!

Next time I update, there will definitely be more pics to convince Justin! I'm talking seals in La Jolla and gorgeous views from Griffith Park! I want to look for stars, but Matt is totally uninterested lol!

For sure, seeing all the views helped. But CA is like a runner's paradise! I've seen at least 100 runners a day out here...seeing so many makes me want to put on my shoes, even if I've already gone that day lol